homobiwan:

homobiwan:

there are some autistic “traits” that people find really annoying but that are inherently kind

like overexplaining. a lot of autistic people didn’t have certain things explained to them because “everyone knows that.” so when an autistic person overexplains something it’s not because they think you’re stupid it’s because they know how it feels for someone to assume you know something you don’t and just not ever explain how or why. it’s a kindness. autistic people aren’t annoying or stupid for this. they’re kind.

halogaland:

milfbobbysinger:

it’s like. I used to think my autism didn’t really include the need for routine but what I’ve found is that when it’s a Planned divergence in routine that’s fine (going on trips etc) and when I can Choose to divert my routine bc I know I can handle it that’s also fine (like deciding to go out for drinks or deciding to go to a movie or deciding to change dinner plans). but when Other People or Circumstances change my routine without prior warning that’s when my brain goes absolutely fucking insane.

and I feel like that’s not talked about enough bc I’ve always seen “needs routine” represented as someone who is unwilling to divert from their routine when like. no it’s absolutely fine just as long as I’m the one deciding when and how to divert it or I’ve been given plenty of advance warning that it’ll be changing.

A cat may go in a box of its own accord but it does not want to be put in a box

Anonymous sent -

one of my beloved friends (very autism) was in.. not denial but ignorance sounds mean. but that abt themself last time you brought up the raads r test so i sent it to the gc (full of autism) and they were like psh. fake test no one could get below 100. they know now but i think about it so much

logicalabsurdity:

roach-works:

disillusionedmonster:

macroclit-deactivated20230725:

assburgerssyndrome:

bimboid:

unrelentingly-dentheaded:

woolandflax:

ave-immaculata:

murphysletsdraw:

tiktaalic:

The thing is. When you take the autism test. And you see your score is in the 100 to 160 range. You think. Oh this is probably the middle? Middle autism. Tinge of autism. Your relatives calling you bright but shy autism. Just a whiff of autism. And then you see the score ranges. And you go. This test is lying to me there is absolutely no way the majority of people score under 65. The 65 number is such a low cutoff and so many of these experiences are clearly universal a score under 65 is something they made up in a lab. People who score under 65 are obviously scoring just under that mark from 59 to 64 and they’re also obviously lying or purposely misrepresenting their experiences as less severe than they are. And then you find out there are real people who get a 20 or 30 or 7 on it. And you go. Ah

Here’s a link if people wanna take the test

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WHAT

LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO

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prosperous

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I’m the alpha autist

Promise I was truthful

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It was an interesting test to take

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medium autistic, lightly toasted

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who the fuck reads a direly unhinged statement like the above and just goes about their goddamn day, unbothered. that phrase doesn’t make me uncomfortable, it makes me want to find whoever created it and rattle their fucking bones apart.

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mischiefmanifold:

Autism is a disorder.

Having a disorder is not an inherently bad thing.

Autism would still be a disorder if society was built for us.

Insisting on labeling autism as only a disability under capitalism or as a “special ability” is ableist and incredibly harmful.

starplatinumnun:

can you infodump to me? (i love you) is this overwhelming? (i love you) is this the right texture? (i love you) is it ok to touch you? (i love you) do you want the subtitles on? (i love you) do you want to go somewhere less noisy? (i love you)

company-wide zoom meeting at work today

CEO: says he’s pissed we’re losing this customer and that he’s going to “cut the bullshit” and be honest and transparent

someone: asks if we’re losing the customer because of something we did or didn’t do

CEO: political answer that does not answer the question and all I got out of it was “data” (you gonna share?)

me in the zoom text chat: That answer wasn’t transparent and honest. it was political and confusing. To reiterate the questions from X and Y, what feedback did <CUSTOMER> provide about if we did or did not do something and why they’re leaving us?

the NT higher-ups: You are being inappropriate. 

I’m so fucking baffled considering the CEO is cussing in a company-wide meeting but I just make statements and get told I’m inappropriate. Like I understand I could have worded things better but like geez. And I got an email from my manager (just a paper trail, I know) but the fucking wording of it makes it seem like I cursed him out or something. 

neurodivergent-noodle-deactivat:

your annual reminder:

  • don’t support autism speaks this month
  • don’t “light it up blue
  • don’t use the puzzle piece symbol

however!

  • do support autistic content creators
  • do support “red instead” and the infinity symbol
  • remember to listen to the voices of marginalised autistic people!

happy autism awareness/acceptance month! go tell your local autistic pal that they’re awesome! if you’re autistic, remember to practice some self-love!

cypopps:

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Do autistic kids “grow out” of their autism? Why does it sometimes seem like there are so few autistic adults?

For Autism Acceptance Month, I covered this topic in this comic to help explain this disconnect!

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hell-blob:

alagaisia:

hell-blob:

“autistic asexual people exist so its not inherently ableist to headcanon autistic characters as ace” and “autistic people are constantly infantilized and headcanoning all autistic characters as ace can perpetuate that” are thoughts that can and should coexist

allistics and allos can reblog but dont start making a fool of yourself

Can these coexist with a third thought, “the fact that asexuality is infantilized or viewed as an infantilizing trait is also problematic, and people who are asexual are not inherently childish, naive, or immature, and deserve to be taken just as seriously as other adults”

Obviously this is a stereotype that affects people’s perceptions of ace people and ace headcanons and its existence should be taken into account in these situations! But it’s also inaccurate and annoying and it sucks and if you’re someone who views autism and asexuality both as inherently childish traits and that’s your reason for tying them together in headcanons, you should probably work on that.

^^^^

I tried to get this point across in a different reblog, but I think this person phrases is it really well.

The problem isn’t in thinking of characters as autistic and ace; it’s in thinking of them as autistic and ace because they’ve got the same overlapping misconception of being childish.

sapphicsilence:

i know all about allistic people. they really love loud sudden noises and bad textures

pinstripes-of-doom-deactivated2:

people think taking things literally is just like

  • not getting jokes and sarcasm

when in my experience it’s more like

  • thinking you have to fulfill 100% of the exact requirements for something, when everyone else apparently knows it’s actually a bit flexible
  • answering rhetorical questions and everyone thinking you’re stupid
  • SAYING something with a literal meaning and others interpreting it figuratively
  • following instructions to a T but not knowing how to modify them if something goes wrong
  • wait that song was talking about WHAT??
  • doing EXACTLY what someone asked of you and them getting mad that it wasn’t what they meant or actually wanted
  • being terrified of people’s empty threats or hyperbole without realizing they didn’t actually mean it
  • memorizing all the connotations of different words so you can use them as precisely as possible, getting frustrated when others are inexact
  • still not getting jokes and sarcasm

autisticadvocacy:

“The ‘alexithymia hypothesis,’ if correct, may not only explain the broad range of emotion-processing difficulties autistic people appear to have… It could also shake up how autism is screened for, diagnosed, treated and even defined.”

rhythmic-idealist:

cranberrycapers:

guerrillatech:

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[Image 1: a Twitter thread by Shady Rose (@shadyroselives) posted 1 day ago at time of screenshot.

Rose says, “It is believed with alarming pervasiveness that autistic and other neurodivergent people ‘don’t understand social cues/social situations.’ My question to neurotypicals is, do you?

“It seems to me that culturally we’re all so acclimated to being disingenuous and mildly manipulative in social settings and calling that normal and acceptable. As a result, many of you are severely disconnected from authentic connections with others.

“Afraid to say ‘this is how I really feel’ or ‘this is what I really think of this/you,’ instead you speak and act in a cryptic coded language under a veneer of straight up falsehood. Doesn’t that get exhausting? We are certainly exhausted by it.”

Tweet 1 has 403 comments, 8,779 retweets, and 45.6K likes. Tweet 2 has 24 comment, 1,679 retweets, and 12.3K likes. Info not visible for tweet 3.

Image 2: A meme from the film I, Robot, with edited text. Will Smith’s character asks a robot, “Can a autistic person socially interact?” The robot asks him, “Can you?” Will Smith looks at the robot sadly. End description.]

pillowpetco:

skunkcowboy:

Whenever autism moms post shit like like “autism won today 😔” Im just like okay, another win for autism!

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